Hunter Baker

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Hunter Baker

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 4, 2016

Contact

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Hunter Baker was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 8th Congressional District of Tennessee. Baker was defeated by David Kustoff in the Republican primary on August 4, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also: Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Stephen Lee Fincher did not seek re-election to his seat in 2016. Twenty-one candidates filed in the race to replace him. David Kustoff (R) defeated Rickey Hobson (D), and independents Shelia Godwin, James Hart, Adrian Montague, Mark Rawles, and Karen Free Spirit Talley-Lane in the general election on November 8, 2016. Hobson defeated Gregory Alan Frye in the Democratic primary, while Kustoff defeated 12 other candidates in the Republican primary. The primary elections took place on August 4, 2016.

U.S. House, Tennessee District 8 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	David Kustoff	68.8%	194,386
	Democratic	Rickey Hobson	25.1%	70,925
	Independent	Shelia Godwin	2.3%	6,442
	Independent	James Hart	1.4%	4,057
	Independent	Adrian Montague	0.9%	2,497
	Independent	Mark Rawles	0.9%	2,445
	Independent	Karen Free Spirit Talley-Lane	0.7%	1,981
Total Votes				282,733
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

U.S. House, Tennessee District 8 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Rickey Hobson	54.8%	7,774
Gregory Frye	45.2%	6,413
Total Votes		14,187
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

U.S. House, Tennessee District 8 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Kustoff	27.4%	16,889
George Flinn Jr.	23.1%	14,200
Mark Luttrell	17.7%	10,878
Brian Kelsey	12.9%	7,942
Brad Greer	11.1%	6,819
Tom Leatherwood	4.3%	2,620
Hunter Baker	1.6%	1,014
Ken Atkins	0.7%	410
Raymond Honeycutt	0.4%	231
George Howell	0.3%	211
David Wharton	0.2%	131
David Bault	0.2%	109
David Maldonado	0.1%	76
Total Votes		61,530
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Baker's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Religious Liberty: The Obama administration put Christian organizations into crisis when it issued the Health and Human Services mandate on coverage for contraceptives and abortifacient drugs. Several court battles have ensued as Christians have sought to protect their rights of faith and conscience. It is deeply offensive that the administration chose to simply mandate such a controversial and divisive measure. The HHS mandate forces Christians to act against their beliefs. Life: Although we have failed so far to reverse Roe v. Wade, the pro-life movement has made significant strides in the hearts of Americans and in statehouses around the nation as legislatures continue to pass measures designed to limit abortion. If elected, I will be an implacable foe of Planned Parenthood and will vote against providing any funding to the organization and its activities. I will argue at every opportunity for the personhood of the unborn child and for the right to life. I believe that the protection of the unborn is the primary civil rights challenge of the 21st century. The Family: When we talk about the environment, we often discuss sustainability. Typically, we mean carefully stewarding our resources such as clean air and water so that we will continue to enjoy those things well into the future. I think we don’t adequately understand that there is a social environment to match the physical one. We need to do everything we can to emphasize the importance of two parent families for children. Education: The expansion of education to include virtually all American children has been a great success to a point, but we should take the next step and foster the growth of competition in schools. We need to continue to move away from the practical monopoly of the old public schools and move toward a more dynamic and free model that will benefit children rather than organizations and interest groups. Is there an Apple or a Google waiting to be born in the education sector? We can only find out when we make more room for innovation. Economic Growth: As a college professor, I am deeply concerned for the future of the students graduating each year. We cannot hope to provide employment and rising incomes for them with a mediocre, managed economy run on the priorities of the political class. The last thing we need is the federal government dictating a never-ending wish-list of demands to the private sector.	”
—Hunter Baker's campaign website, https://hunterbakerforcongress.com/

See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Tennessee's 8th Congressional District election, 2016
• Tennessee's 8th Congressional District

External links

Suggest a link

• Campaign website
• Facebook page
• Twitter feed

Footnotes

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Tennessee's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Marsha Blackburn (R)

Bill Hagerty (R)

Representatives

District 1

Diana Harshbarger (R)

District 2

Tim Burchett (R)

District 3

Charles Fleischmann (R)

District 4

Scott DesJarlais (R)

District 5

Andy Ogles (R)

District 6

John Rose (R)

District 7

Matt Van Epps (R)

District 8

David Kustoff (R)

District 9

Steve Cohen (D)

Republican Party (10)

Democratic Party (1)